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Join MHAC for “Elevating Inclusive Age- and Dementia Friendly Communities with Dr. Alexandre Kalache”

Feb 15, 2023

Join the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative for a webinar on February 23rd at 1:30 p.m. EST featuring Dr. Alexandre Kalache, a renowned international leader in the age-friendly movement, along with state and local leaders advancing inclusive, age- and dementia friendly initiatives.

Dr. Kalache has served as President of the International Longevity Centre-Brazil since 2012 and co-President of the Global Alliance of International Longevity Centres since 2015. Formerly, he directed the World Health Organization global aging program at its Geneva headquarters and has served as an advisor to HELP AGE International and the New York Academy of Medicine.

This event open to the statewide stakeholder and community network of the Massachusetts Healthy Aging Collaborative and community leaders working on age- and dementia-friendly initiatives. It is supported by Point32Health Foundation.

Alongside Dr. Kalache, MHAC and the Point32 Health Foundation will be the Massachusetts Executive Office of Elder Affairs, the Public Health Institute of Western Mass., GreenRoots and the Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC).